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Jason A. Staples is a Ph.D. Candidate in Ancient Mediterranean Religions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a football analyst for NoleDigest.com (FoxSports/Scout.com), and a professional voice over talent. He has a B.A. in Religion and an M.A. in Religions of Western Antiquity from Florida State University. Read more »

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Automated Assessment for Introduction to New Testament

on January 29, 2012

Two posts ago, I talked about one big change I made to my Introduction to the New Testament class last summer, choosing to take the students through the Synoptic Gospels before teaching the Synoptic Problem itself. That change seemed immensely helpful, as it took an important (but typically uninteresting to the students) subject and forced [...] Read more »

Does Bible Reading Make People More Liberal?

on October 16, 2011

Christianity Today has posted a new article, Survey: Frequent Bible Reading Can Turn You Liberal,which details the surprising survey results pertaining to attitudes about consumption, social justice, terrorism, etc. The article suggests that consistent Bible reading pushes people leftward on some issues. For example: Some of the most interesting findings relate to moral attitudes. How [...] Read more »

Teaching the Synoptic Problem after the Synoptic Gospels

on September 5, 2011

I had the opportunity to teach a five-week course of “Introduction to New Testament Literature” at UNC-Chapel Hill this summer, and I took the opportunity to reexamine and revamp a few aspects of how I’ve taught that course (or have seen others teach it) in the past. In addition to a lot of fine-tuning and [...] Read more »